PCI DSS 4.0
Req 11: Test Security Regularly

PCI DSS 4.0 11.3.2.1: 11.3.2.1 External scans after significant change

After any significant change, external vulnerability scans must be performed so that: vulnerabilities with a CVSS score of 4.0 or higher are resolved; rescans are run as needed; and the scans are carried out by qualified personnel with organizational independence from the tested systems (a QSA or ASV is not required). Guidance (good practice): build the scan into the change process and complete it before the change is considered finished, covering every system component the change affects. Customized approach objective: after significant network or system changes, tools that detect vulnerabilities from outside the network confirm the security state of every system component, and detected issues are assessed and fixed using a formal risk assessment framework.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 23 controls across 14 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CMMC 2.0 · 4 controls

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC4.1 CC4.1 Ongoing and separate evaluations of control (COSO principle 16)
  • SOC2-CC6.6 CC6.6 Protection against threats from outside the system boundary
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities
  • SOC2-CC8.1 CC8.1 Managing changes to procedures, software, data and infrastructure

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-7.6 Perform Automated Vulnerability Scans of Externally-Exposed Enterprise Assets
  • CIS-7.7 Remediate Detected Vulnerabilities

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.9.6 Technical vulnerability management
  • 03.11.02 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in Req 11: Test Security Regularly

You are reading one control. How much of PCI DSS 4.0 have you already done?

PCI DSS 4.0 11.3.2.1 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of PCI DSS 4.0 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 139 of 280 PCI DSS 4.0 controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 415 were rejected on the ISO 27001:2022 pair alone.

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The graph holds this control, the 23 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.